Wire-stretcher



J.,H. BEST.

WIRE STRETCHER.

APPLICATION FILED um. 14. 1919.

1,345,310. Patented June 29, 1920,

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WIRE-sTREirLCfiERQ f Another object of the invention is to provide means for rocking said device back and forth to gradually take up the slack in the wire. 7

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which is simple anddurable in construction, reliable and efficient in operation and one which can be manufactured and placed upon the market at a minimum cost.

The invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanyingdrawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which t Figure 1 is a view of the device in use. Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 of'Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 1; are sectional detail views. In these views, 1 indicates a cross piece having a hole 2 in one end thereof, or, if desired, a cross piece may be formed of tubing. Adjacent each end of the cross piece is an i ear 3 having a hole therein and midway the 7 ends of said piece, on the opposite side on.

which the ears 3 are located is another ear 4, which is also provided with a hole. 5 inf dicates a clevis pivotally secured'to the ear L by the pin 6. Chain 7 has one end secured to the clevis and its other end is adapted to engage with the hook 8 on said clevis. The said end of the chain is provided with a hook 9, which may be secured to the wire when the device is to be used for splicing.

10 indicates a pair of ordinary claw ham- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 29, 1920.

Application filed January 14, 1919. Serial No. 271.024.

mers, the handles of which are provided with slots 11 at the ends, which are adapted to engage with the ears 3. These ends are pivotally secured to the ears by pins 12. A handle 13 iscprovided, having one of its ends adapted to engage withthe hole 2 in the cross piece 1 for rocking the cross piece on the clevis.

The hammers are arranged with the claws adjacent each other and the cross piece is rockedto place one hammer in advance of the other. The wire is them placed inthe claw of this hammer and by rocking the cross piece this hammer is retracted so as to pull the wire toward the post while the otherhammer is advanced. This advanced hammer isthen'connected with the wire and I the cross piece rocked in the opposite direction. This action will free the first hammer from the wire and the wire will be again pulled toward; the post. As illustrated in Fig. 2, the claws of the several pivoted arms 7 are provided with longitudinal slots extending out through their ends so as to receive.

the wire being stretched. This action is kept up until the wire is sufficiently tight. The device is held to the post by passing the chain 7 around the same and having one of its links engaging the hole of the clevis.

\Vhen the device is to be used for splicing wires the hook 9 is securedto' one'of the wires and the device used as before to bring the ends of the wires together.

I prefer to form the handles of the hammers with a slot 14, so that the hammer en-f gaging part thereof isflexible, so that the handle may be passed into the eye of the hammer head by pressing the two parts of the handle together. After the handle is in place a set screw 15 is forced into the end of the handle to wedge the head thereon.

.It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may i make changes in the construction and'in'the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is:

A wire stretcher comprising a cross head having a socket extending out through one end thereof, a handle extending'into said socket, a pair of spaced laterally projecting apertured ears carried by the end portions of said cross head, a pair of arms pivoted to said apertured ears, claws carried by the forward ends of said arms and provided with slots extending out through their ends for re ceiving a Wire, a laterally projecting aperture'd ear carried by the intermediate-portion of said cross head and arranged on the opposite side of the same from said pair of spaced laterally projecting apertured ears, 10 and an anchoring device connected to said last named apertured ear. 7 In testimony whereof I aflix m signature.

- JOHN BEST. 

